AUSTRALIAN LEAF^HOPPERS (JASSOIDEA, HOMOPTERA). 
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/ In the structure of the pronotum, hind tibiae and male genitalia and in the 
venation and shape of the tegmina, species in this genus resemble those in the previous 
genus. 
Three species described by Kirkaldy belong to this genus ; vulturnus Kirk. 
(Type), voltumna Kirk, and virgidemia Kii‘k. 
Figs. 14 and 15 represent the tegmen and head of Vulturnus vulturnus, and 
figs. 18 and 19 the head of Vulturnus voltumna. 
VULTURNUS HACKERI sp. uov. 
(Figs. 22, 23.) 
Length, 3*8 mm. 
Head, ventrally black but for the overhanging thickened ledge which is pale 
yellowish-brown. Dorsal surface very pale yellowish-brown mottled with brown ; 
ocelli large. Pronotum, dark brown with yellowish -grey maculations. Scutellum, 
yeUow Avith dark broAvn markings. Tegmen, silvery-white, reticulate between the 
veins, the reticulations dark broA^n and black. Appendix and sixpplementary 
appendix, pale hyaline brown. Thorax and abdomen, ventral surface black. Legs, 
fore femora broAVTi, fore tibiae pale brown, the rest of the legs black, but for the spines 
on the hind tibiae, which are pale yellowish-brown. 
Type from Sunnybank, Queensland (coll. H. Hacker), in the collection of 
the Queensland Museum. Reg. No. 5204. 
VULTURNUS SORDIDUS sp. nov. 
(Figs. 24, 25.) 
Length, 3-8 mm. 
Head, ventrally black ; apical thickened margin pale broAm, crown of head, 
pronotum and scutellum shining-brown with scattered small reddish-brown spots. 
Tegmen, proximal two-thirds concolorous with the head, distal border, appendix and 
supplementary appendix, dark, hyaline brown. Adjacent to the apical brown border 
of the tegmen is a transverse hyaline-white fascia across which the veins are outlined 
in broAPTi. Thorax and abdomen, ventral surface black. Legs, black, the spines on the 
hind tibiae broAvn and black. 
Type (J, from Samsonvale, Queensland (coll. H. Hacker), in the collection of the 
Queensland Museum. Reg. No. 5205. 
VULTURNUS PUNCTULATUS sp. nov. 
(Figs. 20, 21.) 
Length, 3*8 mm. 
Head, ventral surface black, apical thickened margin, pale yellowish-broAm. 
Crown of head, pronotum and scutellum, black vrth numerous small yellowish-brown 
or reddish-broAvn spots. Tegmen, greyish-white or yellowish-white, with dark brown 
or black reticulations between the veins ; appendix, supplementary appendix and 
